AN: Still need one more companion OC. I also thought of something that the Hub would do that is genius. I think that they are going to announce(I am not starting rumors, I am just voicing my thoughts) the air date of MLPFIM season 3 at Bronycon. It makes sense after all. I am also starting a contest, he or she who can guess who Twilight's mom is will get one of three prizes of their choosing, a guaranteed secondary- very important OC, a multi-use shout out, or a major spoiler.

'FLARE! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?' Twilight mindshouts.

'Yeah, I just opened the door to the armory by blowing up a Pyre-cannon and three Gangers.'

'Alright! Way to go Flare. I just found the Hub's mainframe and I am not going to try to hack it. That, is your job. Looks like a 7 letter password.'

'Well that's not so bad.' I think back to him as I enter the armory through the hole in the wall that the explosion made.

"MPMPH!"

"Who's there?" I ask

"MMM!" I hear coming from the corner of the room.

I turn on my Pip-Buck light and find myself face to face with a zebra with a grey and black striped coat, and her mane is in a ponytail which surprises me.

"Guaya!" I yell in surprise. "Who are you?"

The zebra rolls its eyes at me. I then notice the gag in its mouth. I use my grapples to cut the gag, letting it talk again.

"I appreciate your helping me, but how about setting me free." She says.

"First things first, who are you and what are you doing trapped in the Powder Gangers?"

"A zebra warrior am I, and to the Gangers I am no ally. My tribe was threatened with destruction, so I went out for the Gangers reduction. Then I was captured in the night, spotted by their magic of light. I was fully expecting my downfall, but am now saved by your arrival. So a debt of a lifetime is owed to you, so I will remain at your side, through and through."

"Ok then. Well what are your specialties?" I ask her.

"When it comes to blades, I am number one, but I will never use a gun. My words are as effective, if not more. I am normally unseen until there is my enemies gore."

"OK, so in summary, you are a sweet talking ninja pony."

"In a way you can say yes, but I am also full of finesse."

'I am going to have to take some time getting used to this.'

'Oh, I just recued a zebra/ninja/poet/silver-tongue who says she owes a life debt of sorts.'

'Dang dude, this is serious. My great grandmother's special somepony had a zebra friend who owed a life debt. She stuck with her until the end since she considered protecting my great grandmother after her special somepony died equivalent to her initial debt. 'Twilight thinks to me.

'I'll keep that in mind. See you soon, with my new compatriot and maybe some new weapons.'

'Bring me something fun.'

'Ha ha, will do.'

"So, what do you know about this place, and please, no rhymes? At least until we are out of this place." I say to her.

"Very well. My name is Shiara by the way."

"Nice to meet you. Do you know where they were keeping your belongings?"

"In the footlocker over there." She says pointing to a footlocker under a desk with a terminal on it.

I go over to the footlocker and try to open it but it's locked. I see some wires running out the back of it and think to myself 'may as well hack the terminal, less harm to my grapples that way.'

"Smart choice." Shiara says to me.

'I linked her thoughts to ours.' Twilight thinks to me.

I start the terminal up and get to the login page. No password required. I guess it's my lucky day. I open the main menu and select unlock footlocker. I also see an option that says unlock weapons lockers. I select that as well and the room is filled with the sound of unlocking lockers. While Shiara gathers her goods, I find the closest one to me and find that it has a custom magic(speed)rifle, hinged scope, and dual clip,

'I JUST HIT THE JACKPOT! SQUEEE!'

'What did you find?' Hawkens asks me.

'Just a custom magic rifle with plenty of spellpacks to spare and a low zoom scope on a hinged joint for said rifle.'

'Duuude. Considering what I have seen that you can do with magic weapons, this will just make you a lethal weapon'

'I just checked it over with my Pip-Buck and it says that his gun has a Pyremagic compatible spellpack clip. I would have to make it but that would turn this gun into a rapid fire Pyre-cannon'

'Nice dude, but could you get your ass over here. I am barley holding them back.'

BANG! goes the largest gunshot that I have ever heard in my life.

'Don't worry guys, that was me, just keeping the Gangers at bay until you guys show up. My head hurts.' Hawkens complains

'What happened, did you hit your head or something?" Twilight asks.

'Or something.'

With my new companion in tow, in her zebra infiltrator getup(Image going to be on my deviantart later today) I run over to where Twilight is, a pile of dead Gangers around her and a metric sh*t-ton of medical supplies in a levitation field. I nod to her and then all three of us run over to the place where the incredibly loud shotgun blast came from. It was one of the only two story buildings other than the guardhouse/urgent care unit that Twilight explored and the Armory that I found Shiara in. Twilight uses her horns to levitate a huge bolder out of the ground and lobs it through the door and knocking back a dozen Gangers as though they were small trees. I step through the wreckage and hear another one of Hawkens signature takedowns, a shotgun to the life.

'By the way, the time it took for all of you to get here was how long it took me to recover from the last shot, reload, and shoot my shotguns again. And Twilight, I think I'm getting a concussion.'

'I'll have a look at you as soon as we are out of this dump, OK.' Twilight thinks all cheery like.

By that time, we see what kind of a mess Hawkens has made, and it is a doozy, at least 20 bodies all over the floor where Hawkens had turned Gangers into Swiss Cheese. Another 10 were trying to get into what remained of the holey door. Shiara dashes up next to them and takes all of their heads off with a machete that she pulled from nowhere.

'Hawkens, don't shoot, my new zebra friend just took care of the remaining Gangers. Could you open the door for us?'

"No problem." He says as the door swings open.

"Now show me this terminal. Time to get hacking."

I enter the console command that allows me to hack out the password. I see no obvious patterns to the passwords other than they all are 7 letter words. Then I see one that sticks out like a sore hoof.

"You would think that in a prison the computers would have more security." I say as I input justice as the password.

The screen lights up and shows me four different commands.

Unlock Cell Doors.

Lock Cell Doors.

Download Security Footage

Download Location of Protostable Management.

I first select the one that says download security footage, since that is what I came here for. I then select the one that has Protostable in it, since Protostables are obviously very important in the Middle Ground. Lastly, I unlock the cell doors since we had killed every single Powder Ganger in the facility.

"OK, I freed whatever prisoners are left, got the data we were looking for, and even got some info on a Protovault."

"Let's hope this is lacking in a mutt infestation, because I have a feeling that we are going to be going inside the damn place. Am I right, or am I right?" Hawkens asks me.

"You're right on this one." I respond.

Level Up – Lv.8

Perk Added – Mental sharpness

Your mind is 25% more capable than it used to be. It is now easier for you to hack computers, pick locks, and you have a higher percent likelihood to hit a target in S.A.T.S. You are also 20% more resistant to addiction

Companion Perk added – Nightmare Power

You gain a 20% skill bonus to Guns, Magic Weapons, Science, Lockpicking, Sneak, Melee weapons, and unarmed when hidden.